All the headlines from our Massachusetts Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 13 2020 // Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, has welcomed two Massachusetts-based insurance agencies to its network.Get One Insurance is based in Lynn, Mass.,...
Apr 3 2020 // Sayata Labs has announced two new hires to boost its on-the-ground capabilities. Valorie Owens will serve as U.S. business development manager, and Ben Goldfien will serve as insurance operations manager.They will both...
Apr 2 2020 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has approved a 6.8% reduction in the existing overall average workers’ compensation insurance rates for policies effective on and after July 1, 2020.The rate decrease was the...
Mar 31 2020 // Massachusetts is one of the latest states to propose legislation that would mandate insurers cover COVID-19 related business interruption claims despite virus exclusions in many policies.This comes as Insurance Journal...
Mar 26 2020 // A Sutton, Mass.-based contractor has agreed to pay $120,000 to reimburse the state for the cost of responding to a 2017 explosion and fire of a backyard shed at a Shrewsbury residential property, Massachusetts Attorney...
Mar 26 2020 // Willis Re, the reinsurance business of Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has appointed Dan Melanson as senior vice president and Health Practice leader. He is based in Boston, Mass.In...
Mar 24 2020 // Peachtree Special Risk Brokers LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of RLA Insurance Intermediaries.RLA Insurance Intermediaries was founded in 2010 by Jeff Hays and...
Mar 20 2020 // Exxon Mobil Corp. suffered a setback in a climate change case when a federal judge ruled that a consumer protection lawsuit filed by Massachusetts should go back to state court.U.S. District Judge William G. Young in...
Mar 18 2020 // Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has announced a $10 million small business recovery loan fund to help companies struggling because of efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic. Baker said Monday the fund will provide...
Mar 16 2020 // The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a wooded and swampy area shortly after takeoff from a Massachusetts airport has died, authorities say.The Cessna 177 single-engine plane crashed about 100 yards north of the...
Mar 13 2020 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that an insurer is responsible for paying liability claims resulting from the improper use of a portable generator, despite an uninsured premises exclusion in the...
Mar 12 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based LifePlus Insurance Agency Inc. (LPINS). The transaction became effective March 1, 2020.Established in 2004, LPINS is a full-service ancillary benefits agency,...
Mar 9 2020 // Massachusetts’ new hands-free driving law went into effect February 23rd.The law, signed by Governor Charlie Baker in November, is intended to reduce the number of distracted driving injuries and deaths in the state....
Mar 6 2020 // Massachusetts officials are launching an aggressive plan to regularly disinfect the state transit system and are calling on colleges and high schools to cancel study abroad programs as more than 700 residents have been...
Mar 6 2020 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for exit, storage and fire hazards at a store in Boston, Mass. The national discount retailer...
Feb 27 2020 // A group of 39 state attorneys general on Tuesday announced an investigation into Juul Labs Inc.’s marketing practices, adding to mounting legal and regulatory problems for the e-cigarette maker over its role in the...
Feb 26 2020 // Columbia Gas of Massachusetts has agreed to accept responsibility for the gas explosions on Sept. 13, 2018, in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover that killed one individual, injured 22, and damaged homes and...
Feb 24 2020 // “The defendants’ statements were privileged; such a privilege cannot be evaded simply by relabeling a deficient claim.”— Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Barbara Lenk stated in her...
Feb 21 2020 // Massachusetts’ new hands-free driving law takes effect this Sunday, February 23rd.The law, signed by Governor Charlie Baker in November, is intended to reduce the number of distracted driving injuries and deaths in...
Feb 20 2020 // Fast-food chain Wendy’s has agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve allegations that it violated child labor laws by having teenage employees at dozens of Massachusetts restaurants work later and longer than allowed, the...